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BEINAC', a town of France, in the department of 
Correze, and chief place of the diftrift ol Brive : eight 
miles foilth of Tulle. • 
BKINAS'CHI (Giovanni BattifLa), called cavalier Bctn- 
afc/ii, hillory painter, was a'Piedmontefe, born in 1634. 
He ft tidied in Rome, under Pietro del Po ; and fome au¬ 
thors affirm, that he was afterwards the difciple of Lan- 
franc. It was certain that he was peculiarly tond oi the 
works of Lanfranc, and became fo thoroughly acquainted 
with the Ilyle, manner, and touch, ot that excellent maf- 
ter, that many of the pi ft u res of Beinaichi are at this day 
accounted the works of Lanfranc’s-own hand. He was an 
admirable defigner; his lively invention furnilhed him with 
a furprifing variety: his thought was noble; he was not 
only expeditious, but correft ; and, asapublic a9knowledg- 
nlent of his merit, the honour of knighthood was confer¬ 
red upon him. 
BEINAS'CO, a town of Piedmont : four miles and a 
half fouth-fouth-weft of Turin. 
BE' 1 MG,_/. [from be.~\ Exillence : oppofed to nonen¬ 
tity.—Of him all things have both-received their firft being 
and their continuance to be that which they are. Hooker. 
Thee, Father, firft they fung, omnipotent, 
Immutable, immortal, infinite, 
Eternal King ! Thee, Author of all being, 
Fountain of light ! Milton. 
A particular Hate or condition : 
As now your own, our beings were of old, 
And once inclos’d in woman’s beauteous mould. Pope. 
The perfon exifiing.—It is folly to feek the approbation 
of any being betide the fupreme ; becaufe no other being 
can make a right judgment of us, and becaule we can pro¬ 
cure no confiderable advantage from the approbation ot any 
other being. Spectator. 
Being , part. Going on, continuing.—Thofe, who have 
their hope in another life, look upon themfelvcs as being 
on their paffage through this. Atterbury. 
Being, conjvnEl. Since. 
BEIN'HEIM, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
Swabia, (ituated on the weft tide of the Rhine, belonging 
to the marquifate of Baden : fix leagues north-norih-eaft 
of Strafburg. 
Beinheim, a town of France, in the department of 
the Lower Rhine : feven leagues north-north-eaft of Straf¬ 
burg, and three and three quarters north-eaft of Haguenau, 
BEINIGKE'MEN, a town of Lithuania : twelve miles 
north of Pilkallen. 
BEI'RA, a province of Portugal, the third in rank, and 
firft in tize, being nearly thirty leagues fquare. It is di¬ 
vided into fix jurifdiftions, called Comarcas ; bounded on 
the north by the provinces of Tra los Montes, and Entre 
Duero-e-Minho, on the eaft by Spaniffi Eftramadura, on 
the fouth by Portuguefe Eftramadura, and on the weft by 
the Atlantic. The land is exceedingly fertile in corn and 
fruit. The principal cities and towns are Coimbra, La- 
mego, Guarda, Idanha, Aveiro, Ovar, Buercos, Caftel- 
Rodrigo, Couillan, and Troncofo; the three former are 
epifcopal cities. The militia of this province compofe 
eight regiments, of a thoufand men each. 
BEISHEH'RI, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the pro¬ 
vince of Natolia : 116 miles fouth-eaft of Kutaja. Lat. 37. 
46. N. Ion. 49. 59. E. Ferro. 
BEIS'SONS, a town of Africa, in the country of Tunis. 
BEIS'SUS, a town Egypt : four miles north of Cairo. 
BEIS'TEN, a town of Pruffia, in the province of Na- 
tangen : twenty-fix miles fouth of Konigfberg. 
BE'IT ABUSAR'RA, a town of Arabia: twenty-four, 
miles north-north-eaft of Wadeij. 
Beit el Adham, a town of Arabia: forty miles fouth- 
weft of Sana. 
Beit ei, Fakeh, a city of Arabia, in the country of 
Yemen, in a fituation well adapted for trade, being only 
half a day’s journey from the hills where the coffee is ga- 
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thered, and the beft is brought there, which the merchants 
fend to Loheia, Hodeida, and the Mocha, for exportation. 
This trade brings the merchants from Egypt, Syria, Per- 
fia, and India. It is the refidence of a dola, whole juri’f- 
diction extends over a confiderable dillrift : feventy-two 
miles north of Mocha, thirty eaft-foutla-eaft of Hodeida, 
and eighty.-fix foufh-fouth-eaft of Loheia. Lat. 14. 33. N. 
Ion. 43. 12. E. Greenwich. 
Beit el Kadi, a town of Arabia, in the country of 
Yemen*: thirty-four miles north of Chatnir. 
Beit el Naum, a town of Arabia, in the country of 
Yemen : twenty-four miles fouth-eaft of Sana. 
Beit Ibn Safan, a town of Arabia, in the country of 
Yemen : twenty-eight miles fouth-fouth-eaft ofSaa.de. 
Beit Ibn Meri, a town of Arabia, in the country of 
Yemen : thirty-eight miles north of Chanfir. 
Beit Ibn Nasr, a town of Arabia, in the country of 
Yemen: thirty-four miles north of Chamir. 
Bf.it Rodsje, a town of Arabia, in the country of 
Yemen : twenty-four miles fouth-eaft of Sana. 
Beit. ilToba, a town of Arabia, in the country of 
Yemen : twenty-eight miles fouth of Saade. 
Beit Ibn Shemshar, a town of Arabia, in the coun¬ 
try of Yemen : twenty-eight miles eaft of Abu-Arifch. 
Beit ei. Weil, a town of Arabia, in the country of 
Yemen: three miles north of Denn. 
Beith, a town of Scotland, in the county of Air: about 
the time of the Union, the linen trade was introduced, and 
flourilhed here for fome time. In the year 1730, that bu¬ 
ff nefs was fucceeded by a trade in linen yarn, and the cul¬ 
tivation of flax, which is now confiderable. The gauze 
and muffin manufafture has likewife been introduced. 
There is a weekly market on Fridays; eight miles north 
of Irvine, feven fouth-weft of Paifley. 
BE IT SO. A plnafe of anticipation, fuppofe it be fo ; 
or of permiftion, let it be Jo : 
My gracious duke, 
Be'tfo (he will not here, before your grace, 
Confent to marry with Demetrius, 
I beg the ancient privilege of Athens. Shakefpcare. 
BF.IU'CO, f. in botany. See Hippocratea. 
BEl'ZA, or Beizath, in Hebrew antiquity, a word 
fignifying an egg ; alfo a certain meafure in ufe among the 
Jews. The beiza was likewife a gold coin, weighing forty 
drachms, among the Perlians ; who aflerted that Philip of 
Macedon owed their king Darius 1000 beizaths or golden 
eggs, for tribute-money ; and that Alexander the Great 
refilled to pay them, faying, that the bird which laid thefe 
eggs was flown into the other world. 
BEK I, a river of Hungary, which runs into the Temes, 
near Temefvar. 
BE'KIA, Becouya, or Bocjuia, one of the fmaller 
Weft India iftands among the Grenadflles ; called by the 
French Little Martinico. It has a fafe harbour, but no 
freffi water; and is principally vifited by the inhabitants 
of Grenada and St. Vincent’s, for the purpofe of catching 
turtle. The foil produces wild cotton trees, and water 
melons, in plenty : twenty leagues north-eaft of Grenada, 
and fixty-three vveft-fouth-weft of Barbadoes. 
BKK 1 NG', a town of France, in the department of the 
Mofelle, and chief place of a canton, in the diftrift of Sar- 
Louis, on the Sarre : five miles N. N. W. of Sar-Louis. 
BEK'KER (Balthafar), a famous Dutch divine, and 
author of that celebrated book, The World bewitched ; 
an ingenious piece againft the vulgar notion of fpirits. 
This railed a terrible clamour againft him. He was de- 
pofed from the office of minifter; but the magiftrates of 
Amfterdam continued his penfion. He died in 1698. 
BEL (Matthias), was born in Hungary, and became a 
Lutheran minifter at Prelburg, and hiftoriographer to the 
emperor Charles VI. He wrote, among other works, a 
Hillory of Hungary, which was fo much admired, that 
the emperor fent him letters of nobility ; and notwith- 
ftanding his being a Lutheran, the pope, in 1736, fent him 
10 K his 
